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Quartermaster Formation

Quartermaster Formation; red sandstone and siltstone; Upper Permian
StateNew Mexico
NameQuartermaster Formation
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Paleozoic | Permian
Original map labelPqm
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typemudstone
Other rock typesevaporite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Sandstone-Mudstone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Chemical > Evaporite (Bed)
Map references
Anderson, O.J., Jones.G.E., and Green, G.N., compilers, 1997, Geologic map of New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-52.
Unit references
Anderson, O.J., Jones.G.E., and Green, G.N., compilers, 1997, Geologic map of New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-52.
Geographic coverageEddy

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